Formal and informal venous thromboembolism risk assessment and impact on prescribing of thromboprophylaxis: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital-acquired thrombosis (HAT) is a leading cause of preventable death and disability worldwide. HAT includes any venous thromboembolic (VTE) event occurring in-hospital or within 90-days of hospitalisation. Despite availability of evidence-based guidelines for HAT risk assessment and prophylaxis, guidelines are still underutilised.

Aim

To determine the proportion of patients who developed HAT that could have been potentially prevented with appropriate VTE risk assessment and prophylaxis at a large public hospital in New Zealand. Additionally, the predictors of VTE risk assessment and thromboprophylaxis were examined.

Method

VTE patients admitted under general medicine, reablement, general surgery, or orthopaedic surgery service were identified using IC

SUBMITTER: Kemp M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10366250 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature